FIRST LAST MONTH
POLISH TITLE: PIERWSZY TAKI MIESIĄC
Doina, a 12-year-old girl, has her first period on the day her grandma has a stroke. Since then their roles are inverted. When Doina’s dad considers taking grandma to a nursery home, the girl has to prove to him that she is mature enough to take care and keep her only mother figure close to her.
- GENRE:
- fiction
- COUNTRY:
- Poland
- RUNNING TIME:
- 21'
- YEAR:
- 2024
- COLOUR:
- colour
- DIRECTING:
- Elena Vatamanu-Margineanu
- SCRIPT:
- Elena Vatamanu-Margineanu
- DOP:
- Elena Vatamanu-Margineanu
- EDITOR:
- Elena Vatamanu-Margineanu
- MUSIC:
- Valeriu Cascaval, Ana Everling
- PRODUCTION:
- Warszawska Szkoła Filmowa
Elena Vatamanu-Margineanu »
Elena Vatamanu-Mărgineanu was born in 2002 in Chișinău, Moldova, in a family of filmmakers. She worked on several filmsets as 1st AD and 1st AC. At 19, she moved to Poland to study Cinematography and Post-Production at Warsaw Film School. In 2023, Elena received two awards for her first short film "Reflections": Best Debut Award at EDUKINO International Film Festival, Poland and Best Short Film at Rabat International Author Film Festival, Morocco.
AT FESTIVALS:
- Female Eye Film Festival (Canada,2024), 2024 (competition)